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Air Freight Explained: Calculating Costs and Price Trends

Freightos

International Air Freight Shipping: Definition. Air cargo is used by global importers and exporters when they need to get goods somewhere rapidly and reliably. While 90% of everything is shipped by ocean, air connects the world faster, cutting China-US freight shipping time from 20-30 days by ocean to only 3 days by air cargo.

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Freight Audit Data: Why an Audit Is Only the Beginning

Intelligent Audit

These days, most freight brokers and carriers do not like to see the words “freight audit” in a carrier or shipper’s email. The last thing anyone interested in getting paid is someone digging into the details of their freight bill payment and invoices. What Is a Freight Audit? Do taxes need to be paid?

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The Amazonification of Logistics

Techgistics

Amazon Fresh A grocery delivery service that started in Seattle in 2007 and now operates in 16 cities. The lockers currently serve a very specific use case - customers that are not home during the day and packages can not be left securely at their house or apartment.

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Transloading 101: Logistics Guide to Understanding This Essential Shipping Process

ShipBob

As the term suggests it involves the unloading of freight from one transport vehicle and loading it onto another. When the location isn’t rail-served, planes and ocean freight containers may also be used as a method of transportation. A shipment of glass bottles from San Francisco reaches a cross-docking facility in Seattle.

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3 Technology Companies Disrupting Shipping

FLEXE

FLEXE , Flexport and Convoy –three technology companies adding flexibility to the supply chain–,recently hosted the first Peak Logistics breakfast in Seattle, Washington. The speakers cover everything from air and ocean freight to trucking and warehousing. Nerijus: Flexport is a technology-enabled freight forwarder.

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The supply chain crisis and US ports: ‘Disruption on top of disruption’

Ware2Go

The White House said it had secured pledges from private sector heavyweights such as Walmart, UPS and FedEx to extend their working hours. According to Michael Farlekas, chief executive of E2open, whose software books a quarter of the world’s ocean freight, the ports are the biggest bottlenecks in the US supply chain right now.

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This Week in Logistics News (October 7 – 13)

Logistics Viewpoints

The deal — which would fall short of a legally binding agreement — seeks to settle a dispute that started when President Donald Trump slapped tariffs on metals imports from Europe, citing risks to national security. Uber Freight and others that are testing autonomous big rigs in Texas and surrounding states. Maersk joins FedEx Corp.,